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The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) [1] is a professional society of individuals and organizations involved in biospecimen banking. Its main activities include creating educational and training opportunities, providing an online forum service, showcasing related products and services, and creating ...
The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) is a global biobanking organization which creates opportunities for networking, education, and innovations and harmonizes approaches to evolving challenges in biological and environmental repositories. ISBER connects repositories globally through best practices.
(i) Collection or accession occurs when a specimen arrives at the biorepository. Information about the specimen is entered into the laboratory information management system ("LIMS"), which tracks information about all of the specimens in the biorepository. Typical information linked to a specimen would be the specimen's origin and when it ...
A biological specimen (also called a biospecimen) is a biological laboratory specimen held by a biorepository for research. Such a specimen would be taken by sampling so as to be representative of any other specimen taken from the source of the specimen.
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee; pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
Since 1999, Henderson has been a member of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) and served as ISBER president from 2011 to 2012. [2] Henderson is involved in human biospecimen management process improvements in processing, handling, technology transfer, and repository automation.
The Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research is a division of the United States National Cancer Institute which was formed in 2005 to promote and develop biobank infrastructure. History [ edit ]
IMB Bank, an Australian banking institution; Indymac Bancorp, former NYSE symbol; Institute of Molecular Biology in Mainz, Germany; The International Maritime Bureau of the International Chamber of Commerce; The International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention